Death Wizard Diary.

Chapter 979 Equivalent Exchange

Two weeks later, Thor returned from the continent of State, with Kismet by his side.

At this point, Kismet seemed to have forgotten the blow of failing to become the fifth target. He spent his days by Thor's side, either playing music or lying on the rooftop looking at the sky.

Saul felt his question must be related to the diary, but Kismet had no intention of discussing it.

However, Kismet didn't mention what had happened to him, but he became very obedient.

The only remaining stubbornness was probably that phrase, "Younger brother, master."

After disembarking from the airship, Saul asked Kismet, "Are you coming back with me?"

Kismet tossed the harp in his hand around like a ball. "No, I'm not interested in the experiments you're doing right now. If you want to kill someone, you can come find me."

Hearing Kismet's words, Thor, who had also intended to leave, suddenly stopped, turned around, and asked, "So, it's okay to kill anyone?"

"Ha! Anyone can do it!"

"I'll remember what you said."

After leaving the airship, Kismet did not follow, and Thor had no way of tracking where he was going.

Since regaining his fourth-tier strength, this guy has become much more low-key than before. As long as he doesn't want to show his face, it seems no one can find him.

On the way to Byron's residence, Beth's diary reminded Saul.

[It's as if Kismet is following you, afraid you won't return to Stadt.]

Thor continued walking. "You noticed too?"

He suddenly appeared on the airship when he pretended to be angry and returned to Stath. He then left when he received a letter from Douglas telling him to come back.

Although Kismet is no longer causing trouble, he seems even more complicated than if he were.

"What do you think he's planning to do?"

I really don't know him. But I think he's probably not a member of the Stargate Council.

"Yes, if it weren't for the Stargate Council, who else would be afraid that I wouldn't come back?"

Thor raised his hand and saw a person walking against the flow of people.

It's Douglas.

"Are you done venting your anger?" Douglas asked, holding a book in his hand. "If you hadn't come back soon, I would have thought you really weren't going to cooperate with the Stargate Council."

With that, Douglas handed the book to Saul. "If you want to continue your experiments with the red worms, take a good look."

Saul took the book but didn't open it right away.

"They've agreed to exchange information with us?"

"It's not going to be easy," Douglas said. "Our experiments are far behind theirs. We don't have the final say."

Seeing Thor frown, Douglas smiled and said, "However, I've given them a suggestion on how to deal with interstellar pollution. If they succeed in their experiment, they'll agree to leave us the most important red worm."

"The most important red worms?" Thor immediately understood the key to increasing the number of red worms. "Could it be that the red worm species also has a queen responsible for reproduction?"

"You guessed right again. That's right, it's an entity that, like the queen ant, is only responsible for reproducing. However, Speaker Alek has only agreed to let us see the red worm if we help them make a breakthrough."

"What ideas did you offer? Could you please tell me?"

"Of course!" Douglas agreed without hesitation. "We are now partners facing the Black Tide apocalypse together, so it's only natural that we should share information."

He turned and pointed to the carriage waiting for them on the main road. "Let's talk as we walk. Speaker Alek knows you came by airship today and is waiting for us at the observatory."

"Oh, and there's that Murridge you mentioned, who supposedly wants to personally apologize to you."

Saul didn't feel particularly smug just because he heard Murridge was going to apologize. Although they had only met briefly, Saul could tell that the guy was a rather rational person.

The deliberate bullying of Agu and provocation of Thor were probably for ulterior motives.

Perhaps Thor's move to increase his importance within the Stargate by joining its escape plan, thus putting pressure on Murridge, was also part of Murridge's scheme.

But Thor had already thought it through; whether there was a conspiracy or what kind of conspiracy it was, it didn't matter.

The Black Tide Apocalypse involves the fate of too many people. All Thor can do now is to keep moving straight toward his goal, even if he encounters obstacles.

Just crush it.

Because he had anticipated this, Thor showed no emotional fluctuation when he met Murridge at the entrance of the Stargazing Tower.

Douglas used a secret language to tell Thor, "The Stargate escape plan is now nearing its end. If what you bring out can further improve Chairman Alec's experimental results, we can obtain the Queen."

The Stargate Escape Plan—that's what Douglas always referred to as the Stargate migration plan in private.

It has to be said that it is very accurate.

The two ignored Murridge at the door and walked straight in. Douglas had been frequently visiting the observatory recently to study the red worms and was very familiar with its layout.

He led Saul to the underground laboratory without even needing anyone to guide him.

[Sol, you need to watch out for this Douglas.]

During the journey, Beth in the diary suddenly reminded Saul.

"Um?"

This guy's appearance was rather sudden. It's not a big deal, but I always felt there was a strange sense of composure about him.

Thor covered his lips with his hand, coughed twice, and secretly glanced at Douglas.

The middle-aged man, whose back was also thin, walked ahead of him on the right, head held high and chest out, his steps composed. Every step he took, whether forward or backward, exuded a confident and self-assured air of complete control.

It was as if he wasn't taking Thor into someone else's territory, but rather showing Thor around his own.

Thor was entering the core laboratory of the Star Tower for the first time.

This is a dazzlingly white laboratory.

The area was very large, but there were only a few wizards there. Before entering the laboratory, Thor and Douglas underwent numerous checks and disinfection procedures to prevent any contamination they brought in from affecting the experiments inside.

The core laboratory is equipped with numerous magical light sources, and the white light softly illuminates every corner of the room.

The floor and ceiling were covered with silvery-white pipes, which were exposed, intertwined, and converged before spreading out in all directions.

It's like a sophisticated and complex circuit board, or like the blood vessels that are distributed throughout the human body.

All the information and energy eventually converged in a huge glass pillar in the center of the laboratory.

Thor carefully avoided all the pipes and walked to the glass pillar.

He placed his hand on the glass; it felt smooth and cool. The glass pillar was filled with a milky liquid, occasionally reflecting tiny silver specks.

Before entering, Douglas told Thor that he couldn't project his mental energy into the room, or it would affect the experimental results. Of course, the Stargate Council had also set up many devices to suppress mental energy, which would sound an alarm and isolate the experimental subjects as soon as abnormal mental energy was detected.

"The first batch of test subjects is incubating after being modified by Wizard Douglas. It cannot be observed at the moment. Wizard Thor can take a look at the experimental data we have recorded here."

Murridge walked up, and although he could clearly sense Saul's dislike for him, as one of the main people in charge of the project, he didn't care at all about Saul's opinion of him.

In any case, if Thor and his companions want to use the Red Worm to fight against the Black Tide Apocalypse, they can only obtain the Queen Worm after they leave the Wizarding World by assisting the Stargate in completing the experiment.

To this end, Wizard Douglas has signed a cooperation agreement with Speaker Alec.

Using knowledge to survive.

Very reasonable.

(End of this chapter)